I'm Italian; I take my time. We're not really fast. We're very slow. I had my first child at 40, my second child at 45, James Bond at 50. I'm so curious as to what's next!
Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey.
In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
I jumped off a bridge in Italy, is that culturally insensitive? Is saying 'mamma mia' culturally insensitive?
Thirty centuries of history allow us to look with supreme pity on certain doctrines which are preached beyond the Alps by the descendants of those who were illiterate when Rome had Caesar, Virgil, and Augustus.
The people of Northern Italy are the most civilized people I have ever met.
Italy is a geographical concept.
I remember that even my first impression of Italian cinema was pictures by paparazzi because my mom was reading all of these trash magazines with paparazzo pictures.
When I do retire, I am going to go back to Italy.
I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly.
As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland.
See, food I can talk about. I'm Italian, I know the food.
I'm a pretty calm person. That came from living in Italy for a long time. Nothing works, nothing is on time. You have to learn to deal with it.
After spending eight years in Manchester, I received a very warm welcome to Turin. The people are very easy-going, in contrast to other parts of Italy such as Rome or Naples, where passions run much higher.
My wife is Italian, and I lived there for six years.
Italy should be great, respected, and feared.
I grew up in Italy, so for me, Naples pizza is the only type of pizza that there really is.
I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.
The Creator made Italy from designs by Michelangelo.
The Italians have long known what makes a livable town or city.
My mother's side is Italian; my father's side is Jewish. We're the kind of family where every Sunday night we have dinner with all 19 of my cousins.
Italy is a geographical expression.
The VAR was introduced to reduce controversies, and instead, they have increased - possibly because we Italians like to stoke them.
I lived in Bologna. I go back quite often, and I still have lots of connections and lots of friends. It was a nice period in my life.
I grew up in a city, an Italian, knowing what the Mafia was.
